diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index b98b2f7f07e7..a9d917e4dad5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -381,7 +381,6 @@ static void tcp_ecn_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 static void tcp_init_nondata_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 seq, u8 flags)
 {
 	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
-	skb->csum = 0;
 
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags = flags;
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked = 0;